Wendy Elizabeth Hart

FREESCHOOLIN'

Wendy Elizabeth Hart is a children’s book author, illustrator and experienced professional childcare giver living a radical unschooling/Freeschoolin’ life in rural Ontario with her husband Jaze, and daughter, Hope. Together they care for their organic homestead, and share their learning adventures freely with the world through Wendy’s weekly blog.

Wendy is also the creator of The Un/Homeschool Club of Ontario (on Facebook), a free, all inclusive organization for homeschoolers to connect, share, and learn about home education in Ontario. The Club also hosts popular social events for the homeschool community.

Connect with Wendy through the Freeschoolin’ Website

2023 CONFERENCE SESSIONS

SESSION: FREESCHOOLIN' READ ALOUD

Read along with Freeschoolin' author and illustrator Wendy Elizabeth Hart as she shares one of her works, "The 1 Rule Of Freeschoolin' Is There Are No Rules To Freeschoolin'!". Follow Hope, a joyful radical unschooling student, as she shares how her family lives without rules and what they do instead. Beautifully illustrated with fun, full page drawings throughout, this is a soon to be beloved classic for unschooling families.

SESSION: MAKING HOMESCHOOL EVENTS

Wendy Elizabeth Hart, creator of the Un/Homeschool Club of Ontario established in 2012, shares tips and information to help you make homeschool events easier and more successful. If you're looking for ideas, examples and experienced advice from a veteran homeschool event planner, this session is for you! Wendy is sharing what she wishes she had known when she started out over 10 years ago so you can avoid some of the pitfalls that can come with homeschool event planning.

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CANHSCON2020

SESSION: GAMESCHOOLING

Wendy Elizabeth Hart shares her passion for learning through play in this talk about the educational benefits of just playing games. Wendy covers 4 different types of gaming, including LARP (Live Action Roleplay), to provide a glimpse into the vast world of gameschooling and its unique ability to make learning fun.

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SESSION: FREESCHOOLIN': LIFE IS MY SCHOOL! READ ALOUD

In this book you will meet her daughter Hope and learn about the joy of a self directed life through Wendy's colourful illustrations and simple, sweet story telling.

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CANHSCON2021

SESSION: HOW TO UNSCHOOL

One of the most common questions about Unschooling is, how do I do it? It can be overwhelming to dive into the world of self directed learning and begin to understand what it actually is, so Wendy is sharing what her and her family have learned over the past 7 years of Unschooling and her simplified how-to explanation.

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SESSION: HOW TO BUILD A LARP DAGGER KIDS

Do your kids love the idea of sword fighting, but you don’t love the idea of them getting hurt? Follow along with Wendy to learn how to make your very own safe (but cool) Live Action Role Play Dagger from basic plumbing and other supplies!

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